Some googling turned up the following link: http://inodes.org/blog/2006/09/06/tcp-window-scaling-and-kernel-2617/
Ubuntu should set the old buffer sizes by default! -- [feisty] can not surf to some sites https://launchpad.net/bugs/93206 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs